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1st signatures added to petition against St. Tammany coroner

The first signatures were added Thursday to a petition launched against the St. Tammany Parish coroner.

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Updated: 6:45 PM CDT May 16, 2013

1st signatures added to petition against St. Tammany coroner

The first signatures were added Thursday to a petition launched against the St. Tammany Parish coroner.

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Updated: 6:45 PM CDT May 16, 2013

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WEBVTT TAMMANY PARISH CORONER DOCTORPETER GALVAN IS GAININGSIGNATURES.AND THESE CAME FROM ELECTEDOFFICIALS FROM THE PARISH. THECLOCK STARTED RUNNING ON THERECALL EFFORT YESTERDAYAFTERNOON.. AS THE GROUP"CONCERNED CITIZENS OF ST.TAMMANY FILED THE OFFICIALPAPERWORK IN BATON ROUGE.THE GROUP NOW HAS 180 DAYS TOGET THE 53 THOUSANDSIGNATURES THEY NEED TO FORCE ARECALL ELECTION. THE FIRSTSIGNATURES CAME THIS AFTERNOONFROM MEMBERS OF THE ST.TAMMANY PARISH COUNCIL. Itgives the voters the opportunityto make adetermination whether thecoroner still has the confidenceof his constituents to continuedoing the job.THE CITIZENS GROUP WILL OPENRECALL PETITION SITES AROUNDTHE PARISH... STARTING MAY25TH.. THE EFFORT TO GETSIGNATURES FROM THE PUBLIC KICKSOFF THIS WEEKEND INSLIDELL.

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1st signatures added to petition against St. Tammany coroner

The first signatures were added Thursday to a petition launched against the St. Tammany Parish coroner.